Boxing from Jamaica Arena
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| presenter = Dennis James
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| runtime = 90/120 minutes
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Boxing from Jamaica Arena is a TV sports series broadcast by the DuMont Television Network from 1946 to 1949. The program aired boxing from Jamaica Arena in Queens, New York. The program aired on Monday and Wednesday nights at 9 pm ET and was 90 to 120 minutes long.{{Citation needed |date=January 2023}} An earlier program of the same name had aired on NBC from July 8, 1940 until May 18, 1942.{{Cite web|url=https://www.tvobscurities.com/2009/09/wx2bs-schedule-week-of-july-7th-1940/|title=W2XBS Schedule, Week of July 7th, 1940|last=Jay|first=Robert|date=2009-09-19|website=Television Obscurities|language=en-US|access-date=2019-07-24}}
Episode status
As with most DuMont series, no episodes are known to exist. Some episodes may exist under the umbrella title Boxing With Dennis James at the UCLA Film and Television Archive.
See also
- List of programs broadcast by the DuMont Television Network
- List of surviving DuMont Television Network broadcasts
- 1948-49 United States network television schedule
- Amateur Boxing Fight Club (September 1949 – 1950)
- Wrestling From Marigold (September 1949 – 1955)
- Boxing from Eastern Parkway (May 1952-May 1954)
- Boxing from St. Nicholas Arena (1954-1956)
- Saturday Night at the Garden (1950-1951)
References
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Bibliography
- David Weinstein, The Forgotten Network: DuMont and the Birth of American Television (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2004) {{ISBN|1-59213-245-6}}
- Alex McNeil, Total Television, Fourth edition (New York: Penguin Books, 1980) {{ISBN|0-14-024916-8}}
- Tim Brooks and Earle Marsh, The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows, Third edition (New York: Ballantine Books, 1964) {{ISBN|0-345-31864-1}}
External links
- {{IMDb title|0319962}}
- [https://dumonthistory.com/a1.html DuMont historical website]
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Category:DuMont Television Network original programming
Category:1946 American television series debuts
Category:1949 American television series endings
Category:Black-and-white American television shows
Category:American English-language television shows
Category:Lost television shows